United Front &

Election in 1954
• Introduction
• Alliance of United front.
• Twenty-One Point Program.
• Result The Election In 1954.
• Importance of Election in 1954
• Rise of United Front in1954 Election
• Fall of Muslim League Election in 1954
Alliance of United
front.
Constituent Parties:

1. AWAMI MUSLIM LEAGUE(Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani)

2. Krishak Sramik Party,(A.K.F. Haqe)
3. Nizam-e-Islam,(Mawlana Athar Ali)
4. Ganatantri Dal. (HaziDanesh)
Key People:
- AK Fazlul Huq (1873-1962)
- Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy (1892-1963)
- Bhasani, (Maulana) Abdul Hamid Khan (1880-1976)
TWENTY-ONE POINT PROGRAM
• It also called for recognition of Bangla as a state language
• release of political prisoners,
• transformation of the then official residence (Burdwan House) of the
chief minister of East Bengal into Bangla Academy,
• construction of Shaheed Minar at the site of the police firing in 1952,
• declaration of 21 February as a public holiday,
TWENTY-ONE POINT PROGRAM

• more autonomy for Dhaka and Rajshahi universities,

• introduction of economic and social rights for industrial workers in
keeping with the principles of ILO,
• nationalization of jute, guarantee of fair prices for commodities, and
public support for cooperatives and cottage industries
RESULT
• The elections resulted in a landslide victory for the United Front which won
228 seats in a House of 309 (including nine reserved seats for women).
• On the other hand, the Muslim League, the party in power directly or
indirectly ever since 1937, managed to get only 7 seats.
• Of the total of 228 elected Front members, 143 belonged to Awami Muslim
League,
• 48 to Krishak Sramaik Party,
• 22 to Nezam-e-Islam,
• 13 to Ganatantri Dal and 2 to Khilafat-e-Rabbani Party. Of the non-Muslim
seats, Congress got 25, Scheduled Caste Federation 27, and the United
Front of the Minorities 13
Rise of united front
(1954 election)
• create a strong alliance
• strong leading and policy
• twenty-one programed of united front
• the statement/position of state language
• fall of muslim league election in 1954 election

• the internal conflict of muslim league:

- failed of govern in the state:
- the policy of domination of muslim league:
- the discrimination two part in pakistan:
- to failed approved in constitution
IMPORTANCE OF ELECTION IN 1954:
• Bengali nationalism won this election. This election especially rises of a
secularist political ideology. United front and their ally are also growth
secularist ideology which are accepted people .at least the win united front.
• The win of the united front demand rises to the full autonomy in this
province and it also main agenda of united front.

• In 1954 we show that the influence middle stage people, political (this
election majority of the candidate are a middle knowledge in political
background
• The result in 1954 are deeply demand full autonomy, and it was a great role
ply in this election.
• In 1954 election were end the Muslim league govern.in this election people
are show read card Muslim league.
• A K Fazlul Huq of the Krishak Praja Party became Chief Minister of
East Pakistan upon the victory of the United Front.
• The election propelled popular Bengali leaders into the Pakistani
federal government, with leaders such as Huseyn Shaheed
Suhrawardy and Abul Mansur Ahmed becoming key federal ministers.
• In the provincial government, young leaders such as Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman, Yusuf Ali Chowdhury and Khaleque Nawaz Khan rose to
prominence.
• The United Front demanded greater provincial
autonomy for East Pakistan.

• It passed a landmark order for the

establishment of the Bangla Academy in Dhaka.
Dismissing the govt. after 45
days
• However, within months of assuming power, the newly elected
government was dismissed by Governor-General Ghulam
Muhammad, upon of accusations against A K Fazlul Huq of
attempting secession.

• The dismissal of the United Front was a key turning point in

aggravating East Pakistan's grievances in the Pakistani union, and
lead Maulana Bhashani to openly call for separation and
independence in 1957, in his Salaam, Pakistan (Farewell,
Pakistan) speech.
Reference:

• Ahsan, Syed Badrul, Six Points and June 7, 1966 (2013, June 7), The Daily Star, Retrieved from

https://www.thedailystar.net/news/six-points-and-june-7-1966

• United Front (East Pakistan). (n.d.) In Wikipedia. Retrieved March 10, 2020, from

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Front_(East_Pakistan)

• 1954 East Bengal Legislative Assembly election. (n.d.) In Wikipedia. Retrieved March 10, 2020, from https://

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_East_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly_election

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